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12/12/2007
Dave Wilson has been named as the new Chief Technology Officer for Western Governors University. Wilson's career spans more than twenty years in application design, software engineering, and information technology and has included posts at Genova Diagnostics, KOZ.com, and Link Flight Simulation. Wilson commented on his new position: "The information age brought with it both the need for society to embrace learning as a life-long endeavor and incredible new potential to let each of us learn at our own pace, where we are, and when we can," said Wilson. "WGU has shown visionary leadership in the realization of that potential. Together we can, and will, accelerate the pace at which the latest technological innovations are harnessed to serve the interests of online learners everywhere."copy text (above) for proper citation
The Georgia Tech College of Computing, working in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has developed a Web-based tool for tracking blood safety. The program is expected to help developing countries improve the adequacy and safety of their national blood supplies through better monitoring and evaluation.
Mississippi State University has implemented Reflex VMC (Virtual Management Center) from Reflex Systems. The application allows IT administrators to monitor a virtual infrastructure and enforce business and IT policies.
The Law, Science & Technology Program at Stanford Law School has launched the Intellectual Property Litigation Clearinghouse (IPLC), an online database that offers comprehensive information about intellectual property (IP) disputes within the United States.
The Texas A&M Health Science Center has selected the Banner Unified Digital Campus (UDC) from Sungard Higher Education to help unify its geographically-dispersed community and to enhance and expand services and communications to its growing student enrollment.
Community colleges are in a good spot in some ways during the economic downturn, as tight family budgets drive up the appeal of the community college option. But along with the rest of higher education, most community colleges also face shrinking IT budgets and tighter resources. That makes it that much harder to handle the growing enrollment numbers that some community colleges are seeing.
Security vendor Finjan predicts that the current economic downturn could herald a sharp rise in cybercrime during 2009--driven by the rise in the number of IT people being laid off. According to a report from the company's Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC), more unemployed IT personnel will be tempted to seek "new and easy income by purchasing and using crimeware toolkits that are sold by professional hackers."